Question

Anchor Company purchased a manufacturing machine with a list price of $160,000 and received a 2% cash discount on the purchase. The machine was delivered under terms FOB shipping point, and freight costs amounted to $2,400. Anchor paid $3,000 to have the machine installed and tested. Insurance costs to protect the asset from fire and theft amounted to $3,600 for the first year of operations. Based on this information, the amount of cost recorded in the asset account would be:

Answer 1

Answer:

$162,200

Explanation:

The computation of the cost recorded in the asset account is shown below:

= List price - cash discount + freight cost + installation charges

= $160,000 - $3,200 + $2,400 + $3,000

= $162,200

The cash discount is computed below:

= List price × cash discount percentage

= $160,000 × 2%

= $3,200

All other information which is given is not relevant. Hence, ignored it